Hospital 444

Ghost Surgery Department’s canteen.

Lu Yuqing had watched the surveillance video she copied for Dai Lin for the tenth time.

So much so that she had an illusion for a moment: Could it be that he simply wanted to savor the sight of himself getting scalded with coffee, just to disgust himself?

It should... probably not, right?

"What are you watching?"

Only upon hearing that voice did Lu Yuqing realize Huo Ping was sitting opposite her.

"Nothing... just, just watching a series..."

She exited the video screen and placed her phone face down on the table.

Huo Ping sized up Lu Yuqing and said, "It’s the first time I know you have the habit of watching series."

"Just to pass the time," Lu Yuqing swiftly changed the subject, "Have you prepared for the deputy chief physician’s assessment at the end of the year?"

"I probably won’t pass," Huo Ping shook his head, "but there’s nothing I can do. I can’t quit this profession, so I have to grit my teeth and keep going."

"Hmm..."

After that, the atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.

"I heard you will be temporarily transferred to the emergency department next week?"

"The emergency department is short-staffed, so there’s no helping it. Director An and Director Chen decided to temporarily dispatch some surgeons there for support."

"Then, keep this in mind."

Lu Yuqing emphasized with a heavier tone, reminding Huo Ping.

"Try to stay away from Tang Li as much as possible."

Huo Ping was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Just because she used to be close friends with Gao Menghua? Isn’t that unnecessary?"

"No one knows what happened to Gao Menghua back then that caused her to lose a part of her soul," Lu Yuqing warned Huo Ping, "It’s always good to be cautious."

Lu Yuqing always had a feeling... that Tang Li might follow in Liang Zhigao’s footsteps.

It would be better to keep her distance before that happened.

Time flew by quickly.

After work, she clocked out and instantly teleported back to the Lanxin Café in W City.

Doctors, if they choose, can make it so that others cannot see the moment of their teleportation.

Lu Yuqing had taken over this cafe near Dai Lin’s parents’ home, indeed with the thought of getting Dai Lin’s attention, but she herself was genuinely interested in making coffee.

Today, Luo Ren did not come.

Lu Yuqing habitually glanced over the cafe, and then suddenly...

She saw two women in the distance.

The two of them sat by the window.

One was a short-haired woman, and the other... was quite beautiful and dressed fashionably.

Lu Yuqing felt she had seen these two people before.

She immediately picked up her phone, opened the surveillance video.

Indeed, she saw that these two had come to the shop during this time period on the video!

Lu Yuqing looked towards the two women, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Like Dai Lin... the item implanted in Lu Yuqing’s body was also an eye.

"That woman..."

She paid attention to the particularly beautiful woman with wavy hair, wearing a dress that was clearly this season’s new style, adorned with a pair of vermilion earrings.

In the surveillance video, there were five women sitting at the table, and this woman was clearly the central figure.

But as Lu Yuqing watched her, she always had a nagging feeling that something was off.

If a person has encountered or is about to encounter a ghost within a relatively short period of time, she can see it and even accurately predict the time.

But... she couldn’t tell if that woman was about to encounter a ghost, yet when looking at her, Lu Yuqing indeed had an odd sensation.

Lu Yuqing picked up her phone and called Han Ming’s number.

Although theoretically, Ghost Surgery Department Director Chen Jun was her immediate supervisor, in reality, Lu Yuqing’s true superior was only Han Ming. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Vice President Han... I have a discovery that may or may not be considered one," she said.

After she informed Han Ming of the detailed situation, without much hesitation, he said, "Slip her your business card secretly. If she encounters any supernatural events, she will come to the hospital. Before that... don’t tell Dai Lin and don’t make contact with her."

"I understand."

Afterward, Lu Yuqing looked at the woman’s bag placed beside her, and an idea struck her...

The business card just like that appeared in the pocket of her blouse.

Once the business card was on her person, the spoils from any paranormal phenomena—should the clothes be put away in the closet and left unattended—the card would automatically appear in front of her.

Despite this, she chose a position close to the two people and told the waiter to just treat her as a customer and bring her coffee.

Lu Yuqing listened intently to the conversation of the two women.

The short-haired woman said, "Yun Ran, you didn’t need to take such a long leave all at once, did you?"

"I’m just worried about my sister’s current condition, so I wanted to go and stay with her myself."

This woman... her name was "Yun Ran."

Lu Yuqing, with her back to them, continued to listen in.

"I’m driving over to my sister’s tonight. Now, in that big house, it’s just her, my nephew, and a nanny—I really can’t be at ease."

"Sigh, are you using up all your accumulated annual leave in one go?"

"Well, our team just finished a big case recently and there’s nothing important at the moment, the boss is sympathetic to my situation, so he let me take this leave. After all... our parents are gone, and my sister is the most important family member I have."

At this moment, Lu Yuqing’s coffee arrived.

No sooner had Lu Yuqing taken a sip than she almost spat it out.

Because she saw Dai Lin walking in!

"Dr... Dai?"

Dai Lin shouldn’t be due for discharge yet!

Dai Lin walked straight over to sit opposite Lu Yuqing and said, "Good evening, Dr. Lu."

Just then, Dai Lin suddenly noticed the two women at the table behind them!

Within Dai Lin’s blurry memories...

The table of the man with the inverse cross on his forehead... it became a table occupied by several women in the surveillance video!

And these two women were among them!

Dai Lin looked at the two women. His left eye’s detection ability immediately activated, intending to check... whether their souls bore any traces of a curse!

"Dr. Dai... discharged early?" Lu Yuqing had not expected to spill coffee in front of Dai Lin once again and used a napkin to wipe her mouth with slight embarrassment.

"I originally wanted to come and clear some things up with you, but... forget it." Dai Lin glared coldly at Lu Yuqing and said, "I will be coming here often. My parents, and Dai Wei, don’t even think about doing anything to them."

As Dai Lin said this, his left eye turned blood red in an instant!

"Alright, I got it..." Lu Yuqing waved her hand dismissively, "I am not the brainless villain from TV dramas who must oppose the protagonist for no good reason. Why on earth would I harm your family? By the way, your friend..."

"I was discharged early because I have something to ask you. It’s about... the former Vice President Lu Yuan."

Just as Lu Yuqing was about to bring up Luo Ren, Dai Lin interrupted her. The mention of "Lu Yuan" instantly changed her complexion.

"Why are you asking about him?"

"I have some things I want to understand."

Dai Lin didn’t ask Han Ming because he felt Han Ming’s words were not credible and would certainly spin a heap of unverifiable tales.

"Dr. Dai, I don’t remember ever becoming your consultant."

Bloodshot strands reappeared in Dai Lin’s eyes immediately.

"Are you threatening me?" Lu Yuqing unconsciously moved her seat back a little.

"Yes, I’m threatening you. You don’t think... I’m just an ordinary intern, do you?"

Lu Yuqing sighed and said, "Have you heard Gao Heyann mention... the Eden Hotel to you?"

"No, I haven’t."

"In Hospital 444, the Eden Hotel is a name akin to a taboo. Over a decade ago, many doctors died because of this hotel. Gao Menghua and her sister Gao Heyann’s parents had come to Hospital 444 for treatment because of the Eden Hotel, but in the end, we couldn’t save them. The Gao sisters were among the few survivors."

Dai Lin’s eyebrows furrowed, "Dr. Gao did mention her parents used to be patients at the hospital..."

"After that incident, even the consulting rooms that patients from the Eden Hotel had entered were sealed and buried deep within the outpatient department."

"And, the death of Vice President Lu?"

"Regarding the Eden Hotel, there has always been a rumor. The evil spirit of the hotel, after invading the hospital, was never expelled and is still within! The death of Vice President Lu... it’s very likely..."

Halting there, Lu Yuqing clamped her mouth shut and made a zipping motion.

"That’s as much as I will say. No matter what, I can’t say more, and your threats are useless."

At that moment, the two women behind stood up together and walked towards the coffee shop’s exit.

Meanwhile, Dai Lin went to the table where they had been dining and picked up two coffee cups.

"How much for these two cups?"

"If you like them, consider them a gift," said Lu Yuqing, right after which Dai Lin swallowed the coffee cups into his right eye.

The saliva that had coated the cups was naturally absorbed as well, thus... Dai Lin acquired all the memories of the two women!